The car as it sat shortly after being purchased by Sitech Racing.
Stock required to fabricate a side exit exhaust. The pipework is 3 inch diameter throughout and will feature a Jamsport exhaust manifold.
Intake manifold with Wizards of Nos pulsoids and injectors fitted. This has been replaced with a custom Sitech Racing manifold.
Max Exteme controller delivers the 200bhp hit of Nitrous and the shift lights. The nitrous is direct port through two solonoids fed from an 11lb bottle with heater.
The 6 speed gearbox requires a new mount welded onto the inner wing and a torque reaction mount under the floor. The cable change mecanism was easy to fit.
The shafts are Focus inners and RST outers sleaved and welded together and then re-heat treated.
Custom inlet manifold based on a very heavly ported Rover lower part with a Sitech Racing plenum design.
Another view of the custom intake plenum.
Another look at the ported lower intake.
All boost pipework is 3 inch diameter and feeds an 80mm thick intercooler.
The gearbox install has ment that the servo has had to be ditched and a new pedal box installed.
Another view of the new pedal box.
Last view of the new pedal box.
Switch panel.
Base of the plenum welded up with the trumpets bolted in position ready to tap and drill the base for fitment to the inlet runners.
Willwood dics modified to fit under the 15 inch alloy. We're running 15s as they offer a better choise of rubber. The calipers and disc just fit under!
Welding complete on the plenum, shown without the runners or throttle body.
Bias bar on the pedal assembly connected up with the adjuster fitted - a very unstimulating picture!
Some cheap mirrors fitted using a piece of carbon that was laying around the workshop.
The original membrane from behind the door cards - the condition is a credit to the previous owners!
New pistons made to Sitech specification.
Top view of the custom Sitech pistons.
Bottom view of the custom Sitech pistons.
Sitech Racing specification head gasket.
Another view of the head gasket.
The completed intake showing the direct port nitrous system.
Top view of the intake withe nitrous solonoids installed.